Yanka is a Slavic name, a variation of the Serbo-Croatian Janko, Hebrew Janka, or Bulgarian Yanko. Notable people with the name include: Yanka Bryl, Belarusian writer Yanka Dyagileva (1966–1991), Russian poet and singer-songwriter Yanka Kanevcheva (1878–1920), Bulgarian revolutionary Yanka Kupala (1882–1942), pen name of Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich, Belarusian poet and writer Yanka Maur (1883–1971), Belarusian writer Mar R. Yanka, alternative name of Natronai ben Nehemiah, Gaon of Pumbedita from 719 to 730 See also Belarusian given names